New Jersey Likely Will Finance Stem-cell Research, Paper Says

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February 22, 2004

TRENTON, N.J. -- New Jersey is poised to become the first U.S. state to finance stem-cell research. Gov. James E. McGreevey will announce in his budget address Tuesday that the state will provide $6.5 million for a stem-cell-research institute, The New York Times reported in Saturday's editions. Rutgers University and the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey will run the institute, which will be based in New Brunswick. McGreevey wants to spend $50 million during the next five years for research on human embryonic stem cells.